Ok, I'm done. I give up. I WANT A SIXPACK!
There are two components of a sixpack:
- Some abs
- Very low bodyfat
I think 1. is no problem. If you can do a few sit-ups and do Knee-To-Elbows on a pull-up-bar, you probably have enough abs. We used to do belly-boxing in Muay Thai class to harden our abs.
But 2. is going to be tricky. I'm pretty fat, and I've never been thin. 90.6kg was my all time low as an adult, and at 184cm, that's pretty heavy.
There are two options on how to lose body fat:
- Slow, boring and tedious roadwork, like jogging
- Sprint intervals
Yay for sprint intervals! I've done them in the past, but not a lot. Why? Because they hurt so much. After a decent Tabata sprint, my legs are wasted for four days and my lung and heart almost kill me. So yea, they work. But they're fucking tough. So I never got myself to do them regularly. Well, I guess now that I want a sixpack, I have to do them.
I'm not sure if I'm going to do them EVERY day or every second day. Since they are pretty hard, I'll have to go easy in the beginning. Maybe I'll do every 2nd and do push-ups etc. every other 2nd day. I sprinted a little today, but it was "only" back from university. And only three intervals, not 8. It still killed my lungs, but I don't feel anything in the legs. Maybe that's a good idea, since the lungs are okay after a few hours, but the legs take ages to regenerate once they're wasted.
Diet wise I'm going for my Fuel Diet concept (see last post). I made the dinner today, and while I made about 2x the amount I ate, completely burned the rice, it was still okay. I'll have to see if I can eat it every day, though. The shake is still amazing, after making it every day for almost two months now. Or is it more?
I'm still on the Warrior Diet and it's not a problem. More natural this way, I don't like to force myself to eat three times a day anyway. Since I get up between 17:00 and 18:00, the dinner is more of a breakfast, though. But I guess that counts, kind of.
I'm thinking this whole sixpack operation will take between 3 and 6 months. Wish me luck. And discipline.
